Stencil



L.'WALLENSTEIN.

STENCIL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5. 1920.

1,345,653.- Pat nted July 6, mm,

IINVENTOR yalinement member is employed; and the obtill.

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WALLTQNSTEIN, (ll? lB lEtOUllKL'il N, NEW YORK.

" all whom it may concern.

Be it lCIlOWIl that 1, Leo VVALLENSTEIIN,

a citizen ofthe United States, and residing 1 at Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stencils, oi wh ch the following is a speclfication,

such as will enable those skilled in the art to whichit appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to stencils and particularly toidevi ces of thisclass composed of a stencil element upon wh ch are arranged letters,numerals and .cha 'acters used in the stenclllng of. words and othercharacters on paclrageswhoxes and the like, and in connection with whicha movable guide and ject oi? thisinvention is to provide the stencilelement with improved. means for guiding the user in the operation of edevice; a further object being to provide the nude and alinement memberof the stencil with improved means for guiding the user in the operationof stenciling words and other characters; a still further object beingto provide improved means for mounting and supporting; the inovabl.eguide member 1n connection. with the stencil element; and with these andother objects in view the in veution consists in a device of the classand for the purpose specified which is simple in construction andoperation and which constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

. The inventionis itully disclosed in the tollowing specification,oiwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part,jin which the separateparts oi nay improvement pare designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is:a plairview ofmy improved stencil and indicating the method of its use;

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llipg. 2 a partial, section on the line 2-42, oi

1 oi the stencil and showing the same on an. enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 a plan. view "of the centralportion of the stencil with parts theconstruction emitted; and,

Fig. 4: a view similar to lli g. 2 but showing only a detail. of theconstruction onan enlarged scale and showing .a .modllication.

. in practice, I provide a stencil element 5 which, in the form ofconstruction shown,

is composed of a thin sheet metal dislrin Specification oflhe'tters'lfatent.

Application filed April 5, 1. 5 530. serial marines.

the opposite ends another Patented its w s which is stampedadjacent tothe periphery 1 thereof the letters ofthe alphabet andother charactersas shewn at ('3, and stamped in stenciling the numerals, words andcharacters 6. e i

The stencil element 5 is provided centrally with a countersunk aperture11 formed by arais'ed and inwardly directedwall 12 and the stencilelement 5is provided around the aperturn 11 with an iilpwardly directedannular head 13 and a movable guide. and alinemcnt member flat ismounted in connection withthe stencil element 5 and comprises an oblongstrip of sheet metal, the inner end portion of which is reduced androunded as shown. at 15 and provided with an aperture 1.6

within which the annular head 13 fits when the n'ienibcr 14L is mountedin connection with the elcineut'ii. The member 1.41: is held in positionby a knob 17 secured to the stencil element 5 by a screw 1 8, the headof which fits 'in the countersunk aperture 11,

andthe bottom of the knob 17 rests on bears upon the top of the annularbead 1?; thus pern iitting ot the free rotation of the menu her 14-.around the annularbead 13 of the stencilelement 5 and said bead servesto hold the member 14. in proper position.

The movable guide and alinement member 14; is provided adjacent to itsinner end with an irregularly shaped aperture 19 adapted to registerwith the numerals, words or characters 7 and outwardly of said aperturethe member 14; provided with an other aperture 20 which is adapted toreg.

isterjwith the letters and characters 6 on the stencil element 5, andoutwardly oi. the

aperture 530 tiemember 1.4L provided with guide and alinement aperture21 which is located outwardly of the periphery oi? thestencil element 5,and is adapted to register with a letter, numeral or character stenciledon a aaclraee or box in orderto facilitate the alinementof the nextletter, numeral or character to be stenclled on sald fmember'over thestencil element 5.

In the construction shown in Fig. i of the drawing, I have shown aslight 1110Cl1i1- cationin'which a ring member 24 is employed lnwardlyof the annular bead 13 and -which is adapted to reinforce the centralportion of the stencil element 5 and to take the thrust or bearing ofthe knob 17 on said stencil el'ementwhen the screw 18 is placed inposition. The annular head 13 may also aid in taking up this thrust andwill functionprimarily as a guide for the member 1 L or, in other words,will hold said member in proper position and will prevent any materialradial movement thereof.

In the use of my improved stencil, the stencil element 5' is placed uponthe pack age, article or box to be stenciled, and said element andmovable guide and alinement members are manipulated to bring the letters, characters, numerals and words in position and within theapertures 19 or 20,

and after one letter, numeral, character or word has been stenclled thenext letter, nu meral, character or word is brought into position ineither of the apertures 192(l and the member 14 is placed in suchposition as to bring the last letter, numeral or character stenciledwithin the aperture 21 in the manner illustrated in Fig. l, in whichfigure the letter L shown at 25 is visible through the aperture 21 andthe bottom edge and inner edges of said letterare brought in line withthe side wall 26 of the aperture 21, and the outer face of the wall 22,and this will bring the member 14L as well as the stenciled member 5 inproper alinement and the next letter which, in the construction shown,will be in proper alinement with said letter when stenciled. In theoperation of applying the stenciling fluid to the letter S as shown inFig. 1 of the drawing or in any other operation of the device, it willbe apparent that the guard wall-22 will prevent the stenciling fluidfrom passing outwardly of the stencil element 5.

-When a-numeral, word or character 7 is stenciled or in juxtaposition toa word, letter or other'character on a package orbox, the apertures 9and lO-are used as guides for bringing such numerals, words orcharacters in proper alinement, and in this use it will be apparent thatthe inner edge of the last letter, numeral or character stenciled willbe visible through the elongated apertures 9, while the top and bottomedges thereof will be visible through the apertures 110. I am aware ofthe fact that the elongated apertures 9 have heretofore been connected,but the apertures 10 employed in connection therewith are one of thedistinctive features of this invention and materially aid in the properalinement of stenciled words and characters in the use of the device, aswill be apparent from the foregoing description, and while I have showna specific form of stencil element with a specific ar rangenient ofletters, numerals and characters thereon, my invention is not limitedthereto, and various changes in and modilications of the constructionherein shown and described may be made, within the scope of the appendedclaims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacriiicsing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention,

Letters Patent, is

1. A stencil of the class described comprising a stencil elementprovided with stencil letters, numerals and characters, a guide andalinement member movabl y mounted in connection with said stencilelement and provided with apertures adapted to register with theseparate letters, numrr als and characters of the stencil element, andsaid member being provided outwardly of the periphery of said elementwith a guide and alinement aperture.

2. A stencil of the class described comprising a disk-shaped stencilelement provided w ith stencil letters, numerals and characters, a guideand a inenu-nt member rotatably mounted in connection with said stencilelement and provided with apertures adapted to register with theseparate letters, numerals and characters of the stencil element, saidmember being provided outwardly of the periphery of said stencil elementwith a guide and alinement aperture, and a guard plate on said memberbetween said last named aperture and one of the first named aperturestherein.

3. A stencil of the class described com prising a disk-shaped stencilelement provided with annularly arranged columns of stencil letters,numerals and characters between which the stencil element is providedwith spaced elongated guide apertures adjacent to each of which areother guide and alinement apertures, and a guide and alinement memberrotatably mounted in connection with the stencil element and providedwith apertures adapted to register with the separate columns of stencilletters, numerals and characters on the stencil element.

4. A stencil of the class described comprising a disk-shaped stencilelement prostencil letters, numerals and characters bereasons tweenwhich the stencil element is provided with spaced elongated guideapertures adjacent to each 01' which are other guide and alinementapertures, a guide and alinement member rotatably mounted in connectionwith the stencil element and. provided with apertures adapted toregister with the separate columns of stencil letters, numerals andcharacters on the stencil element, and said member being provided.outwardly of the periphery of said stencil element with a guide andalinement aperture.

5. A stencil ofthe class described comprising a stencil element composedoil a disk of sheet metal provided with a central countersunk aperturearound which is an upwardly directed annular head, a guide and alinementmember rotatably mounted in connection with said stencil element. theinner end of which provided with an aperture through which the annularbead oi? the sten cil element passes, said head serving to hold saidmember in proper position, and a knob member secured to thestencilelement by a screw passed upwardly through said element in said knobmember, the head of said screw fitting in the countersunk aperture ofsaid aperture throughwhich the annular head of the stencil elementpasses, said bead serving to hold said member in proper position, a knobmember secured to the stencil element by a screw passed upwardly throughsaid element into said. knob member, the head oi said screw fitting inthe countersunk aperture of said element and the base of said lrnobbeing adapted to bear on the upwardly directed annular bead, and areinforcing ring mounted between the stencil element and said knobmember and inwardly or the annular bead of the stencil element.

7. A stencil of the class described 001 prising a stencil elementcomposed of a disk of sheet metal provided with. acentral countersunkaperture around which is an upwardly directed beaded portion, a guideand alinement member rotatably mounted in connection with said stencilelement, the inner end of which is provided with an aperture throughwhich the beaded portion of the stencil element passes, and a knobmember secured to the stencil element by a fastening device passedupwardly through said element into said, knob member, the base of saidknob member being adapted to bear on said upwardly directed beadedportion.

In testimony that l claim the titoregoing as my inventhm l have signedmy name in presence oi the subscribing witnesses this 2nd day of April,1920.

LEO it ALLENSTElN.

lt itnesses ll. ll ilULREANY, ll. l5. Tnoiirrson.

